Category: Medical Things

  • We had four dental checkups for four kids this morning.  They all had zero cavities–this is a special concern as Ben has a ton of them.  Their cleaning could use a little help as the best grade for teeth cleanliness was a B+ by the two youngest.  In the future, though, we have two teeth…

  • Well, I’ve been very, very quiet everywhere.  That’s because it’s NOT been very quiet here.  Since last Friday, the 7th, we’ve done the following: One play performance by our homeschool group (which I co-directed) 2 dress rehearsals and 4 performances for the Nutcracker 1 trip to the ER Several trips to the airport to try…

  • Diagnosis:  Allergic reaction to amoxicillin. Phew!

  • Poor guy, it’s itching him like crazy.  This doesn’t look like chicken pox.  I hope it’s just a reaction to his medication and not a virus.  If it’s a virus, I apologize in advance to all my friends for exposing you to this at Honey’s party.

  • Brother has a rash. It started out this morning as like this just below his neck and between his shoulder blades.  As you can see it’s spread.  I didn’t have any luck with a doctor’s appointment.  I left a message for the triage doctor to call me.  As you can imagine, he had no idea…